A New Method for the Synthesis of Baccatin III.

Baccatin III was efficiently synthesized from the BC ring system of Taxol,2α,10β-dibenzyloxy-11β-(t-butyldimethylsil-oxy)-7β-hydroxy-1α-(4-methoxybenzyloxy)-8β,15,15-trimethyl-4-methylene-trans-bic...